Measuring childhood maltreatment to predict early-adult psychopathology: Comparison of prospective informant-reports and retrospective self-reports

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 96, Issue , 2018, Pages 57-64

  Newbury, Joanne B ^a   Arseneault, Louise ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c   Danese, Andrea ^a,d   Baldwin, Jessie R ^a   Fisher, Helen L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Assessment; Child abuse; Early adulthood; Mental health; Recall bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE INFORMANT REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE SELF REPORT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENTIST; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TWIN STUDY; FOLLOW UP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 85030098098     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.09.020     Document Type: Article

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